Bluejeans
08-06-2003, 12:39 AM
Seen this over on another board.
Thought it really demonstrated the definition of stupidity!!
Millionaire is robbed
WSAZ NewsChannel 3
Cross Lanes, WV, Aug. 5 - Quite a scare this morning for Powerball jackpot winner Jack Whittaker.
Someone broke into the Scott Depot man's sport-utility vehicle while it was parked outside a Cross Lanes strip club and stole an estimated $545,000.
Kanawha County sheriff's deputies say the money was later recovered behind a dumpster on the property. Deputies say Whittaker arrived at the Pink Pony at about 2:30 am.
Investigators believe the vehicle, which had a busted driver's side window, was broken into after the club closed at 3 am.
The money, about $245,000 in cash and another $300,000 in cashier's checks, was in a briefcase on the passenger seat.
It's not clear why the alleged thief dumped the money.
Another vehicle at the club was also broken into.
Deputies say they have suspects but have made no arrests.
Whittaker is the largest single Powerball jackpot winner ever. He claimed a $113 million cash option after winning the $314.9 million jackpot on Christmas Day.
Thought it really demonstrated the definition of stupidity!!
Millionaire is robbed
WSAZ NewsChannel 3
Cross Lanes, WV, Aug. 5 - Quite a scare this morning for Powerball jackpot winner Jack Whittaker.
Someone broke into the Scott Depot man's sport-utility vehicle while it was parked outside a Cross Lanes strip club and stole an estimated $545,000.
Kanawha County sheriff's deputies say the money was later recovered behind a dumpster on the property. Deputies say Whittaker arrived at the Pink Pony at about 2:30 am.
Investigators believe the vehicle, which had a busted driver's side window, was broken into after the club closed at 3 am.
The money, about $245,000 in cash and another $300,000 in cashier's checks, was in a briefcase on the passenger seat.
It's not clear why the alleged thief dumped the money.
Another vehicle at the club was also broken into.
Deputies say they have suspects but have made no arrests.
Whittaker is the largest single Powerball jackpot winner ever. He claimed a $113 million cash option after winning the $314.9 million jackpot on Christmas Day.